Ministry of Education
Ishan Uday scholarship schemes
The University Grants Commission implements the “IshanUday” Special Scholarship Scheme for North Eastern Region to promote Higher Education in the North Eastern Region by providing financial assistance to students of the region.A statement showing state-wise & gender-wise number of fresh candidates selected during last 5years is given in Statement 1 of the Annexure.
From the selection year 2017-18 onwards, the scheme has been on-boarded on National Scholarship Portal  which is a one-stop solution where the students can apply for various scholarships schemes offered by the Central and State governments and the scholarship amount is disbursed directly into the bank account of the students through Direct Benefit Transfer .
The expenditure under the scheme is met from the open budget of UGC. The details of expenditure under the scheme during the last five years is given in Statement 2 of the Annexure.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN PART &  OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2772 FOR 22.12.2021 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI BRIJLAL REGARDING ISHAN UDAY SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
STATEMENT-1: STATE-WISE & GENDER-WISE NUMBER OF FRESH CANDIDATES SELECTED UNDER ISHAN UDAY SCHOLARSHIP
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2015-16
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2016-17
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2017-18
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States
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No. of students
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Female %
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Male %
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No. of students
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Female %
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Male %
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No. of students
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Female %
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Male %
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Arunachal Pradesh
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208
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58%
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42%
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316
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61%
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39%
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94
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53%
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47%
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Assam
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7166
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51%
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49%
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7482
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51%
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49%
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7255
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62%
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38%
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Manipur
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2049
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50%
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50%
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705
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47%
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53%
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1081
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57%
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43%
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Meghalaya
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101
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46%
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54%
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183
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50%
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50%
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187
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50%
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50%
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Mizoram
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57
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44%
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56%
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234
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48%
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52%
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55
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51%
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49%
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Nagaland
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92
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48%
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52%
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405
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50%
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50%
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301
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54%
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46%
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Sikkim
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124
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59%
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41%
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156
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61%
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39%
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0
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0%
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0%
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Tripura
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203
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37%
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63%
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519
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40%
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60%
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827
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42%
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58%
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Total
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10000
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51%
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49%
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10000
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50%
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50%
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9800
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59%
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41%
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2018-19
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2019-20
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States
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No. of students
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Female %
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Male %
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No. of students
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Female %
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Male %
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Arunachal Pradesh
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44
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52%
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48%
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36
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44%
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56%
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Assam
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6134
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60%
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40%
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4288
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60%
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40%
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Manipur
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1120
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51%
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49%
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1378
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54%
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46%
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Meghalaya
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70
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56%
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44%
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87
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55%
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45%
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Mizoram
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165
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53%
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47%
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160
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58%
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42%
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Nagaland
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47
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68%
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32%
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69
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67%
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33%
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Sikkim
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14
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57%
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43%
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41
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34%
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66%
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Tripura
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457
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44%
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56%
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177
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48%
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52%
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Total
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8051
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57%
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43%
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6236
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58%
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42%
STATEMENT-2: EXPENDITURE UNDER ISHAN UDAY SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMECONSIDERING BOTH FRESH AND RENEWAL DURING 2015-16 TO 2020-21
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Name of the Scheme
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2015-16
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2016-17
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2017-18
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2018-19
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2019-20
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2020-21
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IshanUday special scholarship for NER
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74.74
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88.98
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61.10
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151.74
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99.36
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185.18
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.